I was a public school teacher for nearly 40 years but a bout with cancer forced me to retire. I underwent successful chemotherapy and have been cancer free since I completed chemo...THANK GOD!! I put up a new Carolina Windom antenna (November 2013) and it works well. I enjoy cw contacts and rag chewing. I've been a long time ARRL member and became a "ham" in August, 1960. I am an active member of the Amateur Radio Missionary Service and Fellowship Net, which meets on air Mondays and Thursdays at 7:15 a.m. on 3907 KHZ and on Saturdays at 9 a.m. on the same frequency. ARMS is a Christian organization founded in 1957. I have a small studio in my ham shack where I edit my church's weekly hour long TV program which is broadcast on Time Warner Cable. I am an avid music collector and enjoy all kinds of music. In September 2015, I became a member of the Straight Key Century Club (SKCC). I have enjoyed QSO's with SKCC members throughout the USA and other countries. If you like CW, check out the SKCC website and become a member. It's free, fun, and challenging!! You will meet many great people on the air through SKCC. May God bless each of you who read this. Will (WA2OJN)